Michael Zennie of Indiana Daily Student reports that Bloomington, Indiana police arrested a Warsaw, Indiana man for murder after he allegedly stabbed the lead singer of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based hardcore/thrash band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/uselesswoodentoys">Useless Wooden Toys</a> to death at a house party early Saturday (June 21).

The altercation began when the two got into a fist fight after White grabbed a woman's buttocks at a house party at the Arlington Road residence. A short time later, White came out of the house and stabbed Johnson in the chest, the report said.

I was confused too, until I followed the link to the band's myspace page.

The irony is that after subjecting <i>dozens</i> (or maybe even <i>hundreds</i>) of people to their horrible horrible "music", without ever being stabbed to death by an irate audience member, the guy got offed by some random ass-grabber at a house party.

The irony is that after subjecting <i>dozens</i> (or maybe even <i>hundreds</i>) of people to their horrible horrible "music", without ever being stabbed to death by an irate audience member, the guy got offed by some random ass-grabber at a house party.

It's unacceptable to use the word ironic to describe mere unfortunate coincidences or surprising disappointments that suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly.

But it still seems like amplifying THAT sound in front of a crowd of people who were likely to have been drinking, and probably <i>paid</i> to be there, is equivalent to wearing a T-shirt that says "please stab me to death right here on stage".

And then, sticking up for some girl at a house party in Indiana (which you'd normally expect might get you <i>laid</i>), actually ended up being the thing that got him <i>stabbed</i>.

<i>...don'tcha think?</i>

Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:24 am

thosquanta

Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2003 5:52 pmPosts: 3442Location: minneapolis

dj_craig wrote:

The question is; is it ironic that a member of the band Useless Wooden Toys was killed by a Useful Metal Object

NO.

irony would be him finding a use for said wooden toy. (from: 5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6. the incongruity of this)

and rskm's apparent thinking that this is irony because he doesn't care for the music is entirely bewildering and downright stupid.

i did see UWT perform once... not my style of music, but a lot of energy and presence.

Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:46 pm

+jamison+

Joined: Tue Nov 19, 2002 7:00 pmPosts: 2488

chknkillr wrote:

man i would be piiiiiised if i knew the guy and came across some of the comments in this thread

Pissed enough to stab somebody?

Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:23 pm

devil

Joined: Sun Oct 06, 2002 7:00 pmPosts: 5056

i - ro - ny -- the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning, as in Useless Wooden Toys. Of course, now I have to explain the joke. The first thing I thought of was a wooden-handled weapon. Not at all useless and certainly not a toy.

Christ. You're the sort of people that would respond to a joke with, "But that's not funny because ducks can't talk."

thosquanta wrote:

and rskm's apparent thinking that this is irony because he doesn't care for the music is entirely bewildering and downright stupid.

Or <a href="http://planet-geek.com/images/tinker-treb.jpg">lob a spool</a> at somebody.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:45 pm

drok

Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:12 pmPosts: 4274Location: pyramids of mars

yes, it is irony, on several levels. of course, because the term irony has many denotations, something does not have to meet each one of the categorically to be "ironic".

FTR, PBR hats are not ironic, merely douchey.

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Whooda thought that you could get supress a guy's urge kick someones ass by waving pussy in his face?

Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:49 pm

chknkillr

Joined: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:18 pmPosts: 298

oh geez i feel like i'm going to be put in the group that "can't get a joke." so i should've prefaced my comment w/ "funny joke devil!" i'm more pleasantly surprised at rskm1's mean spiritedness.
*high five*
i find delight in the morbid and macabre, talking ducks not so much but whatever gets you off right?

Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:22 pm

devil

Joined: Sun Oct 06, 2002 7:00 pmPosts: 5056

What have you got against talking ducks?! What's not funny about a talking duck???